Shinji Matō
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Shinji Matō (間桐 慎二 Matō Shinji?) is a fictional character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON.
The older brother of Sakura, and an old friend of Shirō. Although chauvinistic and a narcissist, Shinji is very popular as Vice-Captain of the Archery Dojo. Like Rin, he is of a distinguished lineage of sorcerers, though the Matō blood has thinned and no longer produces heirs naturally capable of sorcery. Shinji feels unconfortable with his sister's daily visits to Shirō's home. He has an open crush on Rin, but she does not return his favours.
The voice acting for Shinji is done by Hiroshi Kamiya in Japanese and Doug Erholtz in English [1].
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Shinji is the temporary master of Rider. He is initially depicted as an evil and deceptive character, but as the story moves along his character begins to show cowardly and even pathetic qualities. Shinji, like Shirō, is unskilled in magic, but unlike the latter, Shinji doesn't have any particular abilities.
It is hinted at in the anime and more strongly suggested in the game that he may have been using command spells to have non-consensual sex with Rider, and sexually abused Sakura as well.
| Fate/stay night (TYPE-MOON) |
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| Characters |
| Shirō Emiya | Saber | Rin Tōsaka | Archer |
| Illyasviel von Einzbern | Berserker | Kiritsugu Emiya |
| Sakura Matō | Rider | Shinji Matō | Zōken Matō | True Assassin |
| Kirei Kotomine | Lancer | Gilgamesh |
| Sōichirō Kuzuki | Caster | Assassin |
| Taiga Fujimura | Bazett Fraga McRemitz | Avenger | Caren Ortensia | Zelretch |
| Minor characters |
| Information |
| Scenarios | Voice actors | Fate/hollow ataraxia | Fate/Zero |
